AN#1: One thing u need to know and understand before you read this, there
are social classes in this fic, and the social classes are based on how
powerful your magical aura is. Or in this case, the king would have the
most powerful aura, or be able to cast the most powerful spells, whereas a
peasant would have no magical powers at all. Commoners tend to have a
little, if any, while the royalty has the most. Here's a social ladder
incase you didn't get it. The ones closest to the top have the most
powerful magical abilities.
King/Royal family
Nobleman
Castle Guards
People who work at the castle
Commoners
Peasants
Disclaimer: I own one CCS viz comic and my memories of all the CCS episodes and my visits to internet sites on CCS. But other than that, I don't own anything CCS. HINT!!! *COUx-masGH*
The Lone Little Wolf and the Cherry Blossom
By Inferna
Chapter 2: The Wolf vs. the Flower
Syaoran sat looking dreamily out the window, his head resting in his hand. He was watching as some cherry blossom petals gracefully and slowly fell to the ground. Once again, it was a beautiful spring day and once again he was trapped inside. Although this time he was in school. And even though he preferred to be outside, if it meant he wasn't with his so-called family, then he was happy right where he was. Though he knew after school was out and his lessons over he would have to return home. For yesterday, after he left the princess, he was caught again. By the captain of the guards himself, no less. But thankfully he had no idea Syaoran was with the very missing princess he was searching for that same night. He thought the boy was merely a runaway. Which he was, but not any normal runaway. Syaoran could've gotten away, but he didn't want to hurt anybody. That would only mean more trouble. Trouble he'd rather not have.
Syaoran thought about Princess Sakura. Why had he helped her as much as he did? He never did anything like that, for anyone before! What made her so different! Why did he help her? Was it because she was a runaway like him? Did he feel some sort of connection with her because she was a runaway? And even though she was a princess, she certainly wasn't the typical snobby one either. Or was it her personality that drew him to help her? She was very nice. Come to think of it, no one's ever been that nice to him before. Nobody, especially not his family.
The teacher's voice snapped him awake. "Students, before we begin out lessons for today, I'd like to introduce a new student to our class. Come on in."
Syaoran's head jerked up as he sensed a powerful pink aura, as powerful, if not more powerful, as his own. He mentally scolded himself as he realized he hadn't sensed the aura sooner because he was so engrossed in his thoughts.
The girl who owned this aura opened the door to the classroom and walked in with a cheery smile across her face. She had auburn hair and the brightest and most beautiful green eyes Syaoran had ever seen. Yes, it was her. The same 16 year old woman from his vision, the same girl he had saved only yesterday, Princess Sakura was in his class.
"Everyone please welcome Miss. Kinomoto Sakura." So. She changed her name after all.
"Now where should we seat you?" Mr. Terada said. Almost every boy raised his hand, hoping to get the chance to sit near this living angel. Every boy, that is, other than Syaoran.
"Why don't you sit behind... Syaoran? Syaoran, please raise your hand." Syaoran's eyes snapped to hers just as her eyes snapped to his. She immediately recognized him as the boy who saved her only the night before. They stared into each other's eyes for what seemed to them as an eternity but in reality was only a few seconds. Syaoran and Sakura blinked and the spell was broken. Then he raised his hand and she walked over and sat behind him. No one noticed their little staring contest. That is, except for Sakura's friend Madison (who sat in the next row over, next to Sakura) and Syaoran's friend Eriol (who sat in front of Madison, next to Syaoran).
Madison, whose older sister is Sakura's personal servant and friend at the castle (aka Tomoyo), has black wavy long hair down to her waist. Her amethyst eyes glimmered in delight at seeing her royal friend at her common school.
Eriol, Syaoran's so-called-friend (if you want to call them that, Eriol's so mysterious, you never know who his real friends are) had short black hair and had mischievous sapphire blue eyes. Eriol was always up to something, an IF you ever found out about it, it was always too late. And he was always wiser than he seemed. So it was only fitting that he knew right away that something made this new girl very special. Immediately intrigued by this possible new challenge, he was determined to find out about her mystery. Thus, his trademark smirk formed on his innocent face.
Sakura bowed slightly at Syaoran and said, "Nice to see you again Syaoran. And again, thank you very much" all the while smiling.
"Um, uh..." he looked down at his desk so she wouldn't see his blush. "you're welcome." She smiled sweetly again and sat down behind him. Eriol watched all this and smirked again.
-It seems my cute little descendent has taken quite a liking to this hew girl. Excellent.- thought Eriol, his evil smirk now totally replacing his innocent look.
Then time seemed to slow down for Syaoran as the day went on, which was usually never the case. And Sakura was in his every class to his amazement, for some strange reason. (yea, strange reason *grin*)
Then finally it was time for the Martial Arts, Syaoran's favorite class. The class was optional, and to his surprise, Sakura had signed up for it and was in his same class like she had been all day.
'There are no coincidences, only inevitabilities.'
-Whoa! Where did that come from?!- thought Syaoran. -I suppose it shouldn't really surprise me all that much. I mean she did say she had taken defense lessons... I wonder... just how good is she? She's surprised me so much in so little time that I can almost expect her to do just about anything. And she is the princess. So she must have a very strong aura. Just who exactly is she?!? - he mused as he escorted her to their next class, you know, since they had all the same classes. He opened the door to their classroom, held it and stood aside for her, and closed it behind them. She smiled and bowed slightly and said "thank you" as she walked in past them.
"Ahh... Good. Students, this is your new classmate Miss Kinomoto Sakura." Said the teacher.
"Hi!"
"She's cute."
"Hello."
"Well, since you're new, why don't you show us what skills you have? To see where you stand, we'll face you off against our champion. Would you please show us your skills against Li Syaoran?" said the teacher.
"Um..." Sakura tried to measure Syaoran's strength and agility of his body that his clothes hid well, just as Syaoran tried to measure her. "Yeah, sure."
The teacher walked up to her and handed her new robes to train and fight in. "Please change into theses robes in that room over there." He pointed to a small room specifically made for changing. Syaoran walked into and identical room, next to hers, his robes already in the room. When Sakura came out of the room, she wore a light pink, silk, long sleeve shirt, which was loose for easier movement, and white silk pants, also loose. Her shoes matched her shirt in color and were the traditional Chinese shoes (like Syaoran's in the anime). Syaoran's outfit was the same except his colors were dark green and his pants had a dark green stripe going down the outside of both pant legs. Everyone else had the same outfit as Sakura's only light pink for the girls, and light green for the boys. Syaoran's was the only one that was different. As they walked up to the front of the room, Sakura asked herself why this was aloud, not expecting any answer from Syaoran.
"Because I'm the champion. I haven't yet been defeated. And I don't intend to change that anytime soon."
"Well, don't underestimate me. I'm a better fighter than I look." Sakura said.
Syaoran looked at her again out of the corner of his eyes and said "I'll keep that in mind." By now they reached the front of the room. They bowed and got into their fighting positions.
"You said you took defense lessons before. Who taught you?" asked Syaoran before they began.
"My brother." Syaoran's eyes widened in shock. Prince Toya Avalon oversaw the palace guards, and it was a because of his intense training of the guards that Syaoran was caught each time he ran away. It was all in the name of protecting his little sister. And now Prince Toya's same little sister stood before him, prepared to fight, to prove she was no weakling. And if Prince Toya grueled his guards like that, especially his best friend and Captain of the guards, Yukito, Syaoran could only imagine the extent of her training. Syaoran gulped. This fight was going to be harder than he thought.
And just like any seasoned fighter, Sakura saw his occupation with his thoughts, but didn't try to take advantage of this. -Not yet, it wouldn't be fair.- she thought.
Syaoran shook his head to clear his thoughts then looked her straight in the eyes, his resolve and determination reborn, and steadied himself and prepared to fight again. Simultaneously, they began the fight. Syaoran's right fist locked with hers. To break the standoff, Sakura hurled her left fist, attempting to catch him by surprise. Syaoran calmly broke the connection in time to easily dodge her left hook. She came at him then, fists flying, never letting her guard down. He blocked each blow with his arms, some harder than others to block. Breaking her rut, Sakura kicked him square in the chest when she saw an opening. He stumbled back a bit, then smirked. So far he had been on the defensive, carefully observing her movements, while he knew she had been testing him. With ease, he leaped into the air, landing behind her, then did a roundhouse kick, causing her to fall on her back. Quick as lightning, he jumped back up, preparing to punch her where she lay, still a little stunned. Her eyes snapped open and she rolled to the side, just in time to see the tiles crack under his fist. Reacting quickly, he leaped after her. This time, his fists flew. Whether it was a right or left punch, Sakura could hardly tell anymore. She barely had time enough to block his attacks. It seemed as though he was putting all of his energy into his attack, though it was far from the truth. Then, she saw an opening and kicked him. It was then that she decided to hold back less. She fought back with more ferocity than she had ever used against anyone before, well, that is, anyone real and not conjured up from any spell or fragment of her imagination. She smirked, knowing how much she still held back. As she fought back, punching and kicking and plowing her way through his defenses, Syaoran was amazed. Despite all that he threw at her, which was enough to defeat any other fighter, she still managed to bounce back up from his attacks and come back with her own with even more ferocity, just like he did.
As both were amazed at the other's fighting abilities, both thought at that exact same moment -Maybe, jus maybe, I have finally found my equal.- They both smirked, than charged at each other with a renewed ambition, to fully test their opponent and see just who would win.
Meanwhile everyone's jaw had long since dropped to the floor, and that includes those who had stopped in the hall way for a mere peek at this amazing fight. Though they ended up stopping and gawking. If the thought even entered anyone's mind, it was completely and quickly dismissed, as no one, not even their teacher dared, to try and stop the fight.
Their fight continued in this way, blow for blow, punch for punch, and kick for kick, they were evenly matched. Both had their full concentration on their opponent and nothing else. They were in their own separate world.
But as the fight went on, and both warriors put more and more energy into this one fight, both grew more and more exhausted, and more and more desperate. By now, each warrior was panting hard, and more determined than ever to finish the fight as the victor.
Sweat dripped off Syaoran's hair, but now he was worried. He could feel the sweat on his face and he couldn't let it get into his eyes. That would be just the distraction she would need to win. She lunged at him then, attempting to tackle him to the ground. But instead of dodging or resisting her lunge, he fell willingly with her. Her eyes widened in shock as she realized this. He then, as he fell, lifted both legs up and kicker her, sending her smashing into the wall behind them. She landed face down onto the floor with a groan. Syaoran used this break in the fighting to wipe away the threatening sweat as he stood up. He was exhausted as he could tell she was too. They both stood there, just panting like dogs, facing each other, trying to gain what energy they lost. Sakura gather up the last of her reserves and threw her last, extremely desperate, punch. But because she used all her energy in that one punch, in which he was not making any kind of move to block or dodge, her eyes drooped slowly, then her eyes rolled back and she fainted, only for her momentum to smash her straight into him. The wind knocked out of him, Syaoran fell to the ground, simply glad the fight was over. Then all went black.
Madison and Eriol ran up to them, they had watched the entire fight. Eriol was in their class and Madison just happened to be walking by when she saw the two of them getting into their fighting positions and decided to watch. They, and a couple other students, helped to carry them to the nurse's office just as the bell rang to signal the end of class. They were just unconscious from exhaustion.
-Wow! I never knew Sakura could fight like that! They were so fast, I could hardly see what was going on! They were both just so amazing, its no wonder they're so exhausted. They are so perfect for each other, I wonder if Eriol will help me get them together- thought Madison as she began to help the nurse. Madison was an apprentice nurse in the castle and because of this she was able to stay and help take care of Sakura and Syaoran. Also because of her apprenticeship, Madison had connections in the castle. As Madison thought about the fight, so was Eriol.
-Hmm... So my cute little descendent and this new girl have met before. I shall have to find out more. I know everything about Syaoran, much more than the boy knows himself, but this girl is a total mystery. Oh, I do so hope this will be a challenge. Perhaps Miss Madison knows something?- Eriol looked at the black haired beauty. -She certainly seems to. - Then as an unexpected and unwanted thought popped in his head he briefly and lightly blushed. But as quickly as it had come, he regained his composure when she asked him, "Eriol, do you think Syaoran and Sakura would make a kawaii (cute) couple?"
Eriols's decision was easy. "Yes, as a matter of fact, I do my dear Madison. In fact, I do believe my cute little descendent already feels some sort of an attraction to Sakura, though he himself might not realize it. You seem to be close friends with Sakura, do you think she feels the same for him?"
"Yeah, I think so. Will you help me get them together?"
"Of course, my dear Madison, it will be fun to mess with my cute little descendant's mind" said Eriol with his innocent/evil trademark smile.
With that, they walked on, discussing how to get our favorite couple together.
"You can't rush love, Eriol, it has to be much more gradual than that. Otherwise the whole thing would just fall apart." She had told him earlier that day.
"Yes, you are right as always, my dear Madison. We shall have to do this over a period of time." He had said, agreeing with her idea.
She sighed as she was working on some finishing touches to the general plan, adding in some other ideas. She knew for a fact you couldn't rush true love. Over the years, she had grown to know and love the magician Eriol Hiiragizawa. It was very gradual indeed, but now she could honestly say she loved him. Not that she EVER would dare to say it though. No one knew about her feelings for him. She had barely admitted it to herself only recently although she had these feelings for a few years.
She knew from personal experience that in order for a relationship of that sort to last, you first needed a deep friendship and a lot of trust to fall back on. She somehow needed them to spend as much time as possible alone together in anyway that she could. But how? She asked herself as she wrote down various little ideas to tell Eriol later.
Just then she heard a knock on the door accompanied by a royal voice, " Hey Madison?"
Madison jumped in her chair then scrambled to hide her notes all the while saying "Uh, ye.. yes, Sakura? Wha... What would you like?" By now she had hurriedly hidden her notes and opened the door, smiling at her.
Sakura blinked a few times, finding her behavior slightly odd. "Oh! Madison, please! We are not at the palace, so I'd appreciate it if you didn't' treat me like a princess, but a friend! Alright?" Madison nodded, still smiling. "Well, I just came down to tell you dinner is ready, okay?"
"Okay, see you in a few minutes!" said the STILL smiling Madison as she then closed the door in Sakura's face. With a 'woosh' Sakura's hair flew back as she stared blankly at the door thinking -Well that was odd..- then walked away.
Leaning up against the now closed door Madison thought to herself, -Note to self, get Mom to help me with this.-
Little did she know just how much help she would get that next afternoon and just how little effort she would need to put into getting them to spend time together.
King/Royal family
Nobleman
Castle Guards
People who work at the castle
Commoners
Peasants
Disclaimer: I own one CCS viz comic and my memories of all the CCS episodes and my visits to internet sites on CCS. But other than that, I don't own anything CCS. HINT!!! *COUx-masGH*
The Lone Little Wolf and the Cherry Blossom
By Inferna
Chapter 2: The Wolf vs. the Flower
Syaoran sat looking dreamily out the window, his head resting in his hand. He was watching as some cherry blossom petals gracefully and slowly fell to the ground. Once again, it was a beautiful spring day and once again he was trapped inside. Although this time he was in school. And even though he preferred to be outside, if it meant he wasn't with his so-called family, then he was happy right where he was. Though he knew after school was out and his lessons over he would have to return home. For yesterday, after he left the princess, he was caught again. By the captain of the guards himself, no less. But thankfully he had no idea Syaoran was with the very missing princess he was searching for that same night. He thought the boy was merely a runaway. Which he was, but not any normal runaway. Syaoran could've gotten away, but he didn't want to hurt anybody. That would only mean more trouble. Trouble he'd rather not have.
Syaoran thought about Princess Sakura. Why had he helped her as much as he did? He never did anything like that, for anyone before! What made her so different! Why did he help her? Was it because she was a runaway like him? Did he feel some sort of connection with her because she was a runaway? And even though she was a princess, she certainly wasn't the typical snobby one either. Or was it her personality that drew him to help her? She was very nice. Come to think of it, no one's ever been that nice to him before. Nobody, especially not his family.
The teacher's voice snapped him awake. "Students, before we begin out lessons for today, I'd like to introduce a new student to our class. Come on in."
Syaoran's head jerked up as he sensed a powerful pink aura, as powerful, if not more powerful, as his own. He mentally scolded himself as he realized he hadn't sensed the aura sooner because he was so engrossed in his thoughts.
The girl who owned this aura opened the door to the classroom and walked in with a cheery smile across her face. She had auburn hair and the brightest and most beautiful green eyes Syaoran had ever seen. Yes, it was her. The same 16 year old woman from his vision, the same girl he had saved only yesterday, Princess Sakura was in his class.
"Everyone please welcome Miss. Kinomoto Sakura." So. She changed her name after all.
"Now where should we seat you?" Mr. Terada said. Almost every boy raised his hand, hoping to get the chance to sit near this living angel. Every boy, that is, other than Syaoran.
"Why don't you sit behind... Syaoran? Syaoran, please raise your hand." Syaoran's eyes snapped to hers just as her eyes snapped to his. She immediately recognized him as the boy who saved her only the night before. They stared into each other's eyes for what seemed to them as an eternity but in reality was only a few seconds. Syaoran and Sakura blinked and the spell was broken. Then he raised his hand and she walked over and sat behind him. No one noticed their little staring contest. That is, except for Sakura's friend Madison (who sat in the next row over, next to Sakura) and Syaoran's friend Eriol (who sat in front of Madison, next to Syaoran).
Madison, whose older sister is Sakura's personal servant and friend at the castle (aka Tomoyo), has black wavy long hair down to her waist. Her amethyst eyes glimmered in delight at seeing her royal friend at her common school.
Eriol, Syaoran's so-called-friend (if you want to call them that, Eriol's so mysterious, you never know who his real friends are) had short black hair and had mischievous sapphire blue eyes. Eriol was always up to something, an IF you ever found out about it, it was always too late. And he was always wiser than he seemed. So it was only fitting that he knew right away that something made this new girl very special. Immediately intrigued by this possible new challenge, he was determined to find out about her mystery. Thus, his trademark smirk formed on his innocent face.
Sakura bowed slightly at Syaoran and said, "Nice to see you again Syaoran. And again, thank you very much" all the while smiling.
"Um, uh..." he looked down at his desk so she wouldn't see his blush. "you're welcome." She smiled sweetly again and sat down behind him. Eriol watched all this and smirked again.
-It seems my cute little descendent has taken quite a liking to this hew girl. Excellent.- thought Eriol, his evil smirk now totally replacing his innocent look.
Then time seemed to slow down for Syaoran as the day went on, which was usually never the case. And Sakura was in his every class to his amazement, for some strange reason. (yea, strange reason *grin*)
Then finally it was time for the Martial Arts, Syaoran's favorite class. The class was optional, and to his surprise, Sakura had signed up for it and was in his same class like she had been all day.
'There are no coincidences, only inevitabilities.'
-Whoa! Where did that come from?!- thought Syaoran. -I suppose it shouldn't really surprise me all that much. I mean she did say she had taken defense lessons... I wonder... just how good is she? She's surprised me so much in so little time that I can almost expect her to do just about anything. And she is the princess. So she must have a very strong aura. Just who exactly is she?!? - he mused as he escorted her to their next class, you know, since they had all the same classes. He opened the door to their classroom, held it and stood aside for her, and closed it behind them. She smiled and bowed slightly and said "thank you" as she walked in past them.
"Ahh... Good. Students, this is your new classmate Miss Kinomoto Sakura." Said the teacher.
"Hi!"
"She's cute."
"Hello."
"Well, since you're new, why don't you show us what skills you have? To see where you stand, we'll face you off against our champion. Would you please show us your skills against Li Syaoran?" said the teacher.
"Um..." Sakura tried to measure Syaoran's strength and agility of his body that his clothes hid well, just as Syaoran tried to measure her. "Yeah, sure."
The teacher walked up to her and handed her new robes to train and fight in. "Please change into theses robes in that room over there." He pointed to a small room specifically made for changing. Syaoran walked into and identical room, next to hers, his robes already in the room. When Sakura came out of the room, she wore a light pink, silk, long sleeve shirt, which was loose for easier movement, and white silk pants, also loose. Her shoes matched her shirt in color and were the traditional Chinese shoes (like Syaoran's in the anime). Syaoran's outfit was the same except his colors were dark green and his pants had a dark green stripe going down the outside of both pant legs. Everyone else had the same outfit as Sakura's only light pink for the girls, and light green for the boys. Syaoran's was the only one that was different. As they walked up to the front of the room, Sakura asked herself why this was aloud, not expecting any answer from Syaoran.
"Because I'm the champion. I haven't yet been defeated. And I don't intend to change that anytime soon."
"Well, don't underestimate me. I'm a better fighter than I look." Sakura said.
Syaoran looked at her again out of the corner of his eyes and said "I'll keep that in mind." By now they reached the front of the room. They bowed and got into their fighting positions.
"You said you took defense lessons before. Who taught you?" asked Syaoran before they began.
"My brother." Syaoran's eyes widened in shock. Prince Toya Avalon oversaw the palace guards, and it was a because of his intense training of the guards that Syaoran was caught each time he ran away. It was all in the name of protecting his little sister. And now Prince Toya's same little sister stood before him, prepared to fight, to prove she was no weakling. And if Prince Toya grueled his guards like that, especially his best friend and Captain of the guards, Yukito, Syaoran could only imagine the extent of her training. Syaoran gulped. This fight was going to be harder than he thought.
And just like any seasoned fighter, Sakura saw his occupation with his thoughts, but didn't try to take advantage of this. -Not yet, it wouldn't be fair.- she thought.
Syaoran shook his head to clear his thoughts then looked her straight in the eyes, his resolve and determination reborn, and steadied himself and prepared to fight again. Simultaneously, they began the fight. Syaoran's right fist locked with hers. To break the standoff, Sakura hurled her left fist, attempting to catch him by surprise. Syaoran calmly broke the connection in time to easily dodge her left hook. She came at him then, fists flying, never letting her guard down. He blocked each blow with his arms, some harder than others to block. Breaking her rut, Sakura kicked him square in the chest when she saw an opening. He stumbled back a bit, then smirked. So far he had been on the defensive, carefully observing her movements, while he knew she had been testing him. With ease, he leaped into the air, landing behind her, then did a roundhouse kick, causing her to fall on her back. Quick as lightning, he jumped back up, preparing to punch her where she lay, still a little stunned. Her eyes snapped open and she rolled to the side, just in time to see the tiles crack under his fist. Reacting quickly, he leaped after her. This time, his fists flew. Whether it was a right or left punch, Sakura could hardly tell anymore. She barely had time enough to block his attacks. It seemed as though he was putting all of his energy into his attack, though it was far from the truth. Then, she saw an opening and kicked him. It was then that she decided to hold back less. She fought back with more ferocity than she had ever used against anyone before, well, that is, anyone real and not conjured up from any spell or fragment of her imagination. She smirked, knowing how much she still held back. As she fought back, punching and kicking and plowing her way through his defenses, Syaoran was amazed. Despite all that he threw at her, which was enough to defeat any other fighter, she still managed to bounce back up from his attacks and come back with her own with even more ferocity, just like he did.
As both were amazed at the other's fighting abilities, both thought at that exact same moment -Maybe, jus maybe, I have finally found my equal.- They both smirked, than charged at each other with a renewed ambition, to fully test their opponent and see just who would win.
Meanwhile everyone's jaw had long since dropped to the floor, and that includes those who had stopped in the hall way for a mere peek at this amazing fight. Though they ended up stopping and gawking. If the thought even entered anyone's mind, it was completely and quickly dismissed, as no one, not even their teacher dared, to try and stop the fight.
Their fight continued in this way, blow for blow, punch for punch, and kick for kick, they were evenly matched. Both had their full concentration on their opponent and nothing else. They were in their own separate world.
But as the fight went on, and both warriors put more and more energy into this one fight, both grew more and more exhausted, and more and more desperate. By now, each warrior was panting hard, and more determined than ever to finish the fight as the victor.
Sweat dripped off Syaoran's hair, but now he was worried. He could feel the sweat on his face and he couldn't let it get into his eyes. That would be just the distraction she would need to win. She lunged at him then, attempting to tackle him to the ground. But instead of dodging or resisting her lunge, he fell willingly with her. Her eyes widened in shock as she realized this. He then, as he fell, lifted both legs up and kicker her, sending her smashing into the wall behind them. She landed face down onto the floor with a groan. Syaoran used this break in the fighting to wipe away the threatening sweat as he stood up. He was exhausted as he could tell she was too. They both stood there, just panting like dogs, facing each other, trying to gain what energy they lost. Sakura gather up the last of her reserves and threw her last, extremely desperate, punch. But because she used all her energy in that one punch, in which he was not making any kind of move to block or dodge, her eyes drooped slowly, then her eyes rolled back and she fainted, only for her momentum to smash her straight into him. The wind knocked out of him, Syaoran fell to the ground, simply glad the fight was over. Then all went black.
Madison and Eriol ran up to them, they had watched the entire fight. Eriol was in their class and Madison just happened to be walking by when she saw the two of them getting into their fighting positions and decided to watch. They, and a couple other students, helped to carry them to the nurse's office just as the bell rang to signal the end of class. They were just unconscious from exhaustion.
-Wow! I never knew Sakura could fight like that! They were so fast, I could hardly see what was going on! They were both just so amazing, its no wonder they're so exhausted. They are so perfect for each other, I wonder if Eriol will help me get them together- thought Madison as she began to help the nurse. Madison was an apprentice nurse in the castle and because of this she was able to stay and help take care of Sakura and Syaoran. Also because of her apprenticeship, Madison had connections in the castle. As Madison thought about the fight, so was Eriol.
-Hmm... So my cute little descendent and this new girl have met before. I shall have to find out more. I know everything about Syaoran, much more than the boy knows himself, but this girl is a total mystery. Oh, I do so hope this will be a challenge. Perhaps Miss Madison knows something?- Eriol looked at the black haired beauty. -She certainly seems to. - Then as an unexpected and unwanted thought popped in his head he briefly and lightly blushed. But as quickly as it had come, he regained his composure when she asked him, "Eriol, do you think Syaoran and Sakura would make a kawaii (cute) couple?"
Eriols's decision was easy. "Yes, as a matter of fact, I do my dear Madison. In fact, I do believe my cute little descendent already feels some sort of an attraction to Sakura, though he himself might not realize it. You seem to be close friends with Sakura, do you think she feels the same for him?"
"Yeah, I think so. Will you help me get them together?"
"Of course, my dear Madison, it will be fun to mess with my cute little descendant's mind" said Eriol with his innocent/evil trademark smile.
With that, they walked on, discussing how to get our favorite couple together.
"You can't rush love, Eriol, it has to be much more gradual than that. Otherwise the whole thing would just fall apart." She had told him earlier that day.
"Yes, you are right as always, my dear Madison. We shall have to do this over a period of time." He had said, agreeing with her idea.
She sighed as she was working on some finishing touches to the general plan, adding in some other ideas. She knew for a fact you couldn't rush true love. Over the years, she had grown to know and love the magician Eriol Hiiragizawa. It was very gradual indeed, but now she could honestly say she loved him. Not that she EVER would dare to say it though. No one knew about her feelings for him. She had barely admitted it to herself only recently although she had these feelings for a few years.
She knew from personal experience that in order for a relationship of that sort to last, you first needed a deep friendship and a lot of trust to fall back on. She somehow needed them to spend as much time as possible alone together in anyway that she could. But how? She asked herself as she wrote down various little ideas to tell Eriol later.
Just then she heard a knock on the door accompanied by a royal voice, " Hey Madison?"
Madison jumped in her chair then scrambled to hide her notes all the while saying "Uh, ye.. yes, Sakura? Wha... What would you like?" By now she had hurriedly hidden her notes and opened the door, smiling at her.
Sakura blinked a few times, finding her behavior slightly odd. "Oh! Madison, please! We are not at the palace, so I'd appreciate it if you didn't' treat me like a princess, but a friend! Alright?" Madison nodded, still smiling. "Well, I just came down to tell you dinner is ready, okay?"
"Okay, see you in a few minutes!" said the STILL smiling Madison as she then closed the door in Sakura's face. With a 'woosh' Sakura's hair flew back as she stared blankly at the door thinking -Well that was odd..- then walked away.
Leaning up against the now closed door Madison thought to herself, -Note to self, get Mom to help me with this.-
Little did she know just how much help she would get that next afternoon and just how little effort she would need to put into getting them to spend time together.